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What Atiku Said About The #EndSARS Campaign Has Gone Viral

Ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday, December 3, joined in the condemnation of the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force.

The #EndSARS hashtag has been trending on the social media since Saturday when Nigerians took to their social media pages to narrate the atrocities committed by SARS who are tasked with protecting them.

Despite the call for the scrapping of the unit, the Police PRO, Jimmoh Moshood on Sunday, described those who want SARS scrapped as ‘people who have something to hide’ and that the operatives are doing ‘fantastically well.’

Below is Atiku’s reaction to the heated call for the scrapping of SARS;

The arbitrary harassment of young Nigerians by Police (who should be protecting them) has no place in a democratic society.

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